No Other Gods

Jesus forced the rich young ruler to acknowledge his real god. Though he turned away, I am certain that he never forgot that conversation. What motivated Jesus to open the young man's eyes to his idolatry, and to the reality that his idol separated him from knowing God and from having eternal life? How deeply He loved him. It is not love to withhold the truth so as not to hurt someone's feelings. Speak the truth in love, but speak it. Our culture worships the same god the rich young ruler worshiped. We must tell them that a man cannot worship God and materialism. To claim to be able to do both is to deceive oneself. And it's a deception that separates a man from the repentance necessary to embrace the eternal life offered by Christ through His sinless life, sacrificial death, and death-defeating resurrection "No man can serve two masters." "You shall have no other gods beside me."